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Originally Posted by HarryT
It's certainly harmful for users, many of whom will become criminals by using this tool.
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Sadly as things stand this is the case. But as the DRM dealers already assume that all end users are criminal anyway...
I am more than happy to pay a reasonable price for a decent product, and I think 99% of people feel the same way. The trouble with DRM is that we're paying too much for a crippled product.
Before these DRM removal tools existed I resigned myself to downloading illegal copies
I point blanky
refuse to buy DRM products. Now that these scripts exist I have happily purchased the same books from reputable retailers, and then clean them up so that I can use them as I see fit e.g. With the Calibre software. I'm
not about to share them with the world, and cause anyone a loss of profit! In fact these tools have helped the publishers and authors get sales they otherwise would not have!
It's sad that the assumption is that we're all untrustworthy and that we need to be boxed into an inconvenient corner to keep us under control. DRM
prevents sales and
encourages piracy, I'm proof of it!
It's a well known fact, apparent to everyone except those push DRM.